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i @eine gratie ADAM C.. RITZ,OF vnLIZABETHTOWN,A vIjiv1na1vA-,- AssIeNORTOYHIMSELF, JOHN n. CARTER., AND WILLIAM LINDLEY.

lLena-s Manilva. 75,793, dared Marca '24, 186s.

.I IMPROVEMENT In somete-MACHINES'.

To, ALL WHOM IT MAYV CONCERTI; t

Be it known that'LADAMG. RITZ, of'Elizab'ethtowmin the-county ofBartholomew, and State oflndiana,

` have inventedl a new and useful Improvement inShingle-ltachines and Ido hereby .declare thatthe following -is av full, clear, and exactdescriptionA oft be sameVreference being had toV the accompanyingdrawings, making apart of this specification, in n'hich- I Y Figure 1 isa perspective yiew. FigureZ, a side elevation. Figure 3, 'a sectionalview; and Figure 4, an inverted wh eel. v The same lettersinthediiferent'gures refer to corresponding parts cf the machine.'

i To enable others skilled in the artto make and use my inventibn, Iwillproceedto describe its construction and operation. 'i

A represen-ts the frame orstructur'e forI supporting the machinery. Brepresents atoothed n'heel or disk, having rectangular openings art vzoa, C and 0'are circular saws. Z an'd'l, iig. 3', show rotating disks,provided ivith planing-bits m and-ni are hinged platforms, `secured byhinges at theV ends nearest the planedi'sks Z. orepresents the axisoffthe Vwheel B.' The manner of giving motion to the different parts isby com- 'municating power.' tothedriving-pullcy X, from which it istransmitted by a' belt from. pulley.0 on same shaft t0 pulley L 9H' theVertical shaft. of saw C., 'A belt connecting pulley E with pulley g,runs saw 0; a belt connecting pulley P withpulley Kruns one of theplaners. The other planer is run by a belt connecting pulley J withpulley G. The pulleyDis connected bya belt with pulley V'onshaft of sawC, by which a belt connect-.

. ing cone-pulley I with cone-pulley F, transmits motion'to the pinionH,'which latter gears with and runs wheel B,- The bearing Ki of thepinion-shaft is connected, by a rod running through the top ofthestructure, with cranky' at the front of the .machina-byztvhich thepinion H may be thrown in and out of gear atthe pleasure of theoperator.- it and It are stationary arms standing at aul inclination,and conforming' in shapeto the circumfer ence ef wheel l3. 611 Z2 6 arelevers, pivoted in the 4jans-C. The extending ends of said leverslareslotted, in which are secured armsf, in an adjustable manner. representrollers for steadying the rotating wheel B. S, fig.l 4, is acirculargroove in the under side ofvwheel B, crossed by springs or strips r,which latter are fastened 4at their inner ends, their outer ends boingacted on by set-screws g. fn. and n are levers,having rig'btjang'u'lar"cn'ds'g/,situated in a line with groo've S, and the other endterminating beneath theplatforms m and'mf The shafts of the saws andplaners rest attlie bottom ofl thestructlre `on set-screws, by whichsaid saws and plane-disks may be adjusted -relatively in height;Theplaning-disks, as shown in iig. 3, are raised above their properposition, which is but vlittle above the surface of .the structure. The'timber is prepared for the machine by ripping it intorect-angularpieces of convenient width and breadth, which are then cutinto blocks of proper length. i

. [The'operation ofithe machine is as followhsz-'lhe laforesaid'blocksare placed in each of the openings at of ing ends of said leters. Theobjectof the hinged platforms m and in is to give the blocks theirproper position, in order that the thick end 'ofthe shingle may becutalternately from opposite endsof the blocks. For this purpose theblocks are loosed each time-before reaching the saw, byA the armsfpassing up the inclined arms [i and z, thus ivbeel B, and nre heldin-`position', as desired, by-theaction of the levers b as produced by theweight of the extendraising the'ends of the levers and releasing theblocks, which are then given the proper position by the platforms. Tholatter are operated by the springs r across groove S. acting against theends y of the levers n, thus raising the platforms `automatically to therequired position, \vhieh may be varied by the action of thumb-screws Yy on the springs r, by which the latter are raised and lowered. Theblocks are carried' vvithin the circumference of the saws'by therotation of fwheel B,by which a shingleissawed oif- 'and dropped beneaththe saw, and fallsA 4 on the chutes M and R, by which they are thrownoff from the machine. 'llheblocks then pass over the platters,

by which the shi-ngles'are smoothed, and are again placed in properposition by the next platform, thus sawing and planing the shingles ina, very rapid manner, and without lWaste of tilnber.

Having thus fully described my said invention, whatlI claim, and desireto secure by LettersPatent, is- '.lbe springs or strips.7, operated byset-screws g, and arranged radially across the annular groove S beneatllW heel B, ucombination with crank-levers n, for adjusting the platformsm, substantially as described, and for the I purpose set forth.

` lADAM G. RITZ,

Witnesses:

K. DUBoIsAHAw'LEY, JOHN M. ADAMS.

